He finds himself on his 6th birthday
Shaken in a darkened corner
Hoping for a small sign of anything
A sound of a key jiggling the hasp lock
Wondering if this is his punishment or hell
Looking for a passage to another life
Darkness seems to reign over his life
He constantly cry's out "why" to no one
Which echos in his head endlessly
He try's to gather his fears to deal with them
His fears become his never ending thoughts
Could his fears be his fear
Stuck in this dark corner
Which holds him like a magnet
Learning his worst fear
Dark Corners and locked doors
Which was his daily punishment as a child

Older in life I sometimes find him crying in a corner
With the door closed and the light off
Only to know of his fear
Which still traps him to this day
He is now 45

He was punished for not blowing out all the candles